Subject: Hello Spikey Crab Spider Geographic location of the bug: Virginia Beach VA Date: 06/16/2018 Time: 06:10 PM EDT Your letter to the bugman: Hello, I have never seen this spider before. There are lumps of spider web all around it’s web. It looks like it has spikes and a shell. How you want your letter signed: Me!

Crablike Spiny Orbweaver

This is a Crablike Spiny Orbweaver, a common species, especially in the South. Like other members of the Orbweaver family, the Crablike Spiny Orbweaver is perfectly harmless.